DENVER -- The Colorado Department of Transportation is warning drivers to be especially aware of wildlife on roadways this time of year.

Over the past ten years, CDOT has seen an average of 3,300 reported wildlife vs. vehicle collisions each year, and those numbers tend to spike during fall migration season.

"As Colorado has an abundance of deer and elk, as well as other wildlife, that live near our urban and rural areas, motorists need to be aware that they can cross our roads without warning at most any time of day or night," said Colorado State Patrol Chief Colonel James Wolfinbarger.
 

DENVER, CO – Early inhabitants of the Rocky Mountain Front Range shared the land with herds of free-roaming buffalo, and even now Denver’s Genesee Park boasts the only city-owned free roaming bison herd in the world. But that’s only the start of a Mile High City safari. 

A 30-year-old Highlands Ranch man has been sentenced to three years of supervised probation and ordered to pay a $5,177 fine for mistakenly shooting a moose during a hunting trip near Meeker last fall, the Colorado Division of Wildlife said.

Joel Eady was charged with willful destruction of wildlife, hunting out of season, illegal possession of wildlife and failing to properly care for a harvested animal.

He pleaded guilty in Rio Blanco District Court on April 1.